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Living the high life: A record-breaking year for CEO pay in Canada
By 9:23 a.m. on January 2, 2025 Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had made what the average worker will make all year
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Canada’s richest 100 CEOs make 210 times more than average worker
OTTAWA—Following two blistering years of all-time high compensation, Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs pocketed $13.2 million, on average, in 2023—the third biggest haul since the Canadian…
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Canadian CEO pay breaks all records, reflecting a new Gilded Age for Canada’s rich: report
OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs again broke every compensation record on the books in 2022, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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Highest-paid 100 CEOs, by province: Ontario’s a jawdropper
Which provinces are Canada’s richest CEOs headquartered in—and how much do they make compared to average workers in each province?
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Breakfast of champions
Record-breaking total compensation: Average pay for the best-paid 100 CEOs hit $14.3 million in 2021, smashing the previous record of $11.8 million in 2018 and setting…
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Canadian CEO pay soars to a new all-time high due to inflation: report
100 highest-paid CEOs now make 243 times more than average workers READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs broke every compensation record on…
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Another Year in Paradise
CEO pay in 2020 Download 992.32 KB25 pages Canada’s top CEOs had another fruitful year, this time amid the misery of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
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Canadian CEO pay hits second-highest level in history: Report
Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs were paid an average of $10.9 million in 2020, higher than in 2019 READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada’s 100 highest-paid…
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Corporate executive pay rose an average of $171K in 2020 despite pandemic: report
Tweaks to bonus pay rules helped protect top executives’ pay CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Top executives of some of Canada’s largest companies…
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Heading into the pandemic, Canada’s highest paid CEOs made 202 times more than average worker pay in 2019
OTTAWA––Heading into the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs made 202 times more than the average worker made in 2019, according to a new…
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